“Ed Gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what I stand for. Don’t forget, Republicans won 4 out of 4 House seats, and with the economy doing record numbers, we will continue to win, even bigger than before!” Trump said in a tweet shortly after the race was called by major news outlets.

But Steele, who has criticized the president before, snapped back.

“Did YOU win Virginia?” Steele asked.

The four-word response called the president out for having lost Virginia, which was one of the lone Southern states that supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.

Virginia, which was a reliably Republican-leaning state for decades, has increasingly shifted blue in recent years, awarding its electoral votes to Democrats in the last handful of elections — including twice for former President Barack Obama.